Slip The Cable took command at the start and was never threatened as he charged to a seven-and-a-half-length victory in the $500,000 West Virginia Breeders’ Classic at Charles Town October 8.
The four-year-old son of Midshipman, who captured the seven-furlong WV Lottery Breeders’ Classic over this same course last year, improved his record to seven wins in eleven career starts.
Slip The Cable races as a homebred for Coleswood Farm Inc. He is out of Hard To Get, a winning daughter of Not For Love. Hard To Get is also the dam of the Stakes-placed Weekend Liberty, a three-year-old full-brother to Slip The Cable. Slip The Cable’s second dam is Petrouchka, winner of the G2 Mrs. Revere Stakes.
Midshipman's lifetime 18% black type horses from starters is best among all Kentucky stallions standing for $75,000 or less. Among Midshipman’s other top runners are 11-time Stakes winner Lady Shipman, Azalea Stakes winner and G2 Prioress runner-up Dearest; Colleen Stakes winner Red Lodge; San Pedro Stakes winner Yiannis; Shipmate, winner of both the Iowa Stallion Futurity and Northern Lights Debutante; Riskaverse Stakes winner Stormy Regatta; Happy Ticket Stakes winner Naval Command; and Unbridled Stakes winner Allied Air Raid.
